Chapter 16, Problem 14P

14. There appears to be some evidence suggesting that earlier retirement may lead to memory decline (Rohwedder & Willis, 2010). The researchers gave a memory test to men and women aged 60-64 in several countries that have different retirement ages. For each country, the researchers recorded the average memory score and the percentage of individuals in the 60-64 age range who were retired. Note that a higher percentage retired indicates a younger retirement age for that country. The following data are similar to the results from the study. Use the data to find the regression equation for predicting memory scores from the percentage of people aged 60- 64 who are retired.

Country	% Retired (X)	Memory Score (Y)
Sweden	39	9.3
U.S.A.	48	10.9
England	59	10.7
Germany	70	9.1
Spain	74	6.4
Netherlands	78	9.1
Italy	81	7.2
France	87	7.9
Belgium	88	8.5
Austria	91	9.0